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This article will show step by step how to install Cognos 8 BI component in a Linuxenvironment .
For this How-to we did use Opensuse 11.
1. If you are installing to a directory with other Cognos 8components, stop the Cognos 8 service.
2. Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to point to the
installation location of your Java Runtime Environment (JRE).
Cognos 8 requires Sun Java to run on Linux.
3. Mount the CD for your Cognos product usingRock Ridge file extensions.
4 . Go to the directory on the CD that is appropiate
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for your operating system.
For example, for Solaris go to the solaris directory.
5. In a xTerm window start the installation wizard:
For this how to we did use the ./issetupcc.
The Size Requirements screen will show the disk spaceavailable for the installation.
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After you hit Next the Welcome page of theinstallation wizard should appear.
Select the language to use for the installationand hit next.
6. Read the License Agreement and afteryou accept thelicense, hit the next button to continue.
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7. Select the InstallationDirectory location
where Cognos will install thesoftware.
The directory /opt/cognos/c8 is
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the default location but you can
change it to fit your needs.
If you are installing Cognos8 on a computer that already
has ReportNet, and youwant to keep ReportNetrunning, you must install
Cognos 8 into a differentdirectory.
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If you are installing in a
directory that already hasother Cognos 8components, you are
prompted for the location ofa directory in which to storebackup copies of the files
that will be overwritten.
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8. The Componentselectionscreen is next:
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to place thegateways, ApplicationTier Components,
and ContentManager. You can
install thesecomponents usingany of these options:
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- Install allcomponents on onecomputer.
- Install thegateway on a
separate computer.- InstallApplication TierComponents andContent Manager on
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separate computers.- Install Cognos 8
reporting components
on the samecomputer as other
Cognos 8 products.
You can accomplish
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this task on theComponent Selectionscreen.
9. The Installati
on Summaryscreen
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Before youhit next,check out all
the
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sure you didpick the rightones for your
particular
installation.
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only.
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10. The Progressscreen
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the Finishpage ofthe
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installationwizard:
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Cognosrecommend thatyou do
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notconfigureCognos
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8immediatelybecause
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youmust doothertasks
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first toensurethat yourenviron
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ment isproperlyset up.However
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, if theconsoleattachedto your
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interface, youcan clickStart
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CognosConfiguration.
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kinginformation aboutCognos
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8, selectView theReadmeand then
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selectFinish.
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Tip: Forcharacter-modeinstallati
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bypressingCrtl + Cor q.
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clickFinish.You canlater
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